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Richard Reicheg | |
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| Born | May 26, 1937 U.S. |
| Died | July 30, 2021 (aged 84) |
| Education | B.A., M.A. |
| Alma mater | Brooklyn College |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, songwriter |
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Richard Reicheg (May 26, 1937 – July 30, 2021) was an American television, stage, and film actor, musician and a Grammy-nominated songwriter. His career spanned a period of over sixty years.
Reicheg wrote the song “For The Sake Of The Children” that is featured in the Robert Altman film Nashville[1][2] and for which he received a Grammy nomination in 1975.
His songs have been recorded and performed by many top artists,[3] including The Persuasions, Maria Muldaur, Gary Wright, and Jay and the Americans. His song "Everybody's a Masterpiece" was recorded by Three Dog Night. Reicheg's "Looking for an Echo" was recorded by Kenny Vance,[4] The Persuasions (on their album Chirpin'), and by others. The song was also the musical theme of the Martin Davidson film of the same name. Film historian Jan Stewart has called Reicheg's song "For the Sake of the Children" an "ode to marital fidelity [that is] a delicious postmodern balancing act of send up and the real McCoy."[1]
- ^ a b Stuart, Jan (January 2003). The Nashville Chronicles: The Making of Robert Altman's Masterpiece. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780879109813.
- ^ Kolker, Robert (2011-06-08). A Cinema of Loneliness. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199910533.
- ^ "Richard Reicheg - Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-07-06.
- ^ "Looking for an Echo - Kenny Vance & the Planotones". AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-07-06.